Cornet Elect Jamie and Lass Rebecca are Lanark today supported by Cornet Jamie and 2024 Cornets Lass Rianna.
Happy Lanimers Day!
Like our own Beltane Festival, the Lanimer festival’s roots go back a long way, to the 12th century in fact when David I of Scotland granted Lanark Royal Burgh status. One condition of the burgh charter was that the town’s boundaries (the “marches”) had to be inspected regularly to ensure no land had been encroached upon. This annual inspection became known as the “Land Marches,” which gradually evolved into “Lanimers.”
